diff --git a/lib/sunlight/base.rb b/lib/sunlight/base.rb
index 934e78e..1ac9aab 100644
--- a/lib/sunlight/base.rb
+++ b/lib/sunlight/base.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Sunlight
   # Houses general methods to work with the Sunlight and Google Maps APIs
   class Base
 
-    API_URL = "http://services.sunlightlabs.com/api/"
+    API_URL = "http://congress.api.sunlightfoundation.com"
     API_FORMAT = "json"
     @@api_key = ''
     
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ def self.get_json_data(url)
 
   end # class Base
 
-end # module Sunlight
\ No newline at end of file
+end # module Sunlight